The Making of the American landscape / edited by Michael P. Conzen.

Title & Author:

The Making of the American landscape / edited by Michael P. Conzen.

Publication:

Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990.

Description:

xvi, 433 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-423) and index.
Nature's continent / Stanely W. Trimble -- The Indian legacy in the American landscape / Karl W. Butzer -- Spanish legacy in the borderlands / David Hornbeck -- French landscapes in North America / Cole Harris -- The Northeast and the making of American geographical habits / Peirce F. Lewis -- Plantations and the moulding of the southern landscape / Sam B. Hilliard -- Toward a national landscape / Hildegard Binder Johnson -- The clearing of the forests / Michael Williams -- Settlement of the American grassland / John C. Hudson -- Challenging the desert / James L. Wescoat, Jr. -- Democratic utopia and the American landscape / James E. Vance, Jr. -- Ethnicity on the land / Michael P. Conzen -- The new industrial order / David R. Meyer -- The Americanization of the city / Edward K. Muller.
Landscapes redesigned for the automobile / John A. Jakle -- The imprint of central authority / Wilbur Zelinsky -- Landscapes of private power and wealth / William K. Wyckoff -- The house in the vernacular landscape / John Brinckerhoff Jackson -- Afterword / Michael P. Conzen.

Summary:

In this book the nature and evolution of the cultural landscape of North America are analyzed. A team of geographers, historians, archaeologists and others submit chapters covering its ethnic, ecological, economic, aesthetic and political dimensions of the landscape.

ISBN:

0049170090 (hb)
9780049170094 (hb)
0049170104 (pb)
9780049170100 (pb)
0415911788
9780415911788

Subject:

Human geography North America.
Nature Effect of human beings on North America.
Landscape changes North America.
Homme Influence sur la nature Amérique du Nord.
Paysages Modifications Amérique du Nord.
Géographie humaine Amérique du Nord.
Human geography.
Landscape changes.
Nature Effect of human beings on.
Geografie
Kulturlandschaftswandel
Landschaft
Aufsatzsammlung
Cultuurlandschappen.
North America.
Nordamerika
USA
North America Human geographical features

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Conzen, Michael P.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 130254
Call No.: ID GF501.M35; ID:97-B2094
Status: Available

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